Viridia

Viridia is an island off the coast of Sonrisa, currently forming part of the country of Zycantia. It is known as a paradise for the LGBT community, playing host to some of the world's most well known gay clubs and festivals. The largest town on the island is Poliana, nestled on the southern coast.

Shaniqua "Shaniqua Diva" Stevic
Viridia's most famous resident is Shaniqua "Shaniqua Diva" Stevic. Shaniqua Diva established the first branch of Shaniqua's XXX Fantasy Parlour in Poliana, a combined adult entertainment club and adult toy store. The business went on to expand into the Zycantian mainland and ultimately the rest of the world, making Shaniqua Diva's name synonymous with sex worldwide and making her the richest person not only in Viridia, but in the entirety of Zycantia. In recent years, Shaniqua Diva has expanded her services to cater for the LGBT community, with the original branch of the Fantasy Parlour being the most visited tourist attraction in the whole of Zycantia.

Viridia holds a permanent place in the Zycantian government through the position of Viridian President. In 2014, Shaniqua Diva used her considerable wealth to fund a political campaign and win the position. Shaniqua Diva favours the independence of Viridia and has been pushing for a referendum on the matter since being sworn in as Viridian President.

International Recognition Of Independence

 * - Initially, on 6 October 2016, Temekylopia became the first country to formally recognise the independence of Viridia. Stewen Grybb made it public that he received an extreme amount of hate mail from Shaniqua "Shaniqua Diva" Stevic, where she threatened that she would "invade Temekylopia's shitty islands and shove a Shaniqua Diva XXL Comfort Dildo™ up your rectum so fucking hard that I'd be surprised if you fucking survived" if he didn't go through with this decision.
 * - On 18 September 2016, the country of Tanvira was renamed Tanviqua following the acquisition of 50% of the country by Shaniqua Diva. Shortly after her takeover, Shaniqua Diva moved a motion for Tanviqua to recognise Viridian independence and become the first country to recognise its independence. Shaniqua Diva's assistant Ming Kandovic submitted the motion to parliament but it contained too many spelling and grammatical errors and was declared invalid. Shaniqua Diva later submitted an amended motion herself and it was passed on 7 October 2016, making Tanviqua the second country to recognise the independence of Viridia.
 * - On 8 October 2016, the Queen of Mischen, Jaclyn Schultz, recognised the independence of Viridia. Schultz stated that she had chosen to formally recognise the independence of Viridia "because small countries like Viridia and Mischen are often bullied and suppressed in Maia and this cannot be tolerated". Despite the fact that the MBU Council did not grant MBU membership to Mischen, Zycantia has close relations with the city state and it is understood that the Mischen's actions will not affect relations between the countries moving forward.
 * - On 24 October 2016, the Prince of Dunwaye, John III, visited Viridia to offer her thanks to Shaniqua "Shaniqua Diva" Stevic, who made comments criticising Maia for Dunwaye's non-qualification to the final of the Maia Song Contest 4. About an hour after the Prince landed in Poliana, he announced that Dunwaye would be recognising the independence of Viridia. "The Magic", the Dunnish entry by Lola Blanc, went atop Viridian charts within minutes. It was widely rumoured on social media that Shaniqua Diva slept with the Prince to coerce him into recognising Viridia as an independent nation. Prince John III denied the rumours, stating that Viridia's support of Lola Blanc and Dunwaye's support of Viridian independence was crucial to ensuring strong relations between the two countries moving forward. Shaniqua Diva also denied the rumours, claiming that she had already fucked 6 Dunnish tourists by brunch that day and did not need to fuck any more.
 * - On 13 February 2017, Chief E.A. Jepsen of the Nori Islands welcomed Shaniqua Diva to the ancient Holy Shrine of Amara on the Kamatawa island, not only announce the Nori recognition of Virdia as a sovereign nation, but to gift her an amulet of Amara, making her a priestess of the Kamatawa Island.
 * - On 14 March 2017, Lianistani Prime Minister (Cassandra Dubois) stated on behalf of the King and Lianistani Government she is happy to announce the Official Recognition of the Island State of Viridia as an independent state in the Maia World. She also gave these reasons: she stated that she and her cabinet strongly believe that Viridia is desperatly needed in Maia as a safe haven for the LGBT community in other countries that don't have as many rights as they do here (Lianistan) and in other more excepting nations. After a huge political speech, the Prime Minister invited Shaniqua "Shaniqua Diva" Stevic to the podium where she stated a short but powerful speech: "It's about time this bitch and her old perverted King accepted our Independence, and I'm glad all you Bible Bashers (Meaning the Lianistani People.) have come to realise the one and only, true Goddess." Stevic then dropped the microphone and said "Thanks Bitches" and strutted off stage. She then ran back on to the stage announcing plans to open a Shaniqua's XXX Fantasy Parlour in Bujatjerbourg, then ran off screaming "The Dildo World Domination!"

International Opposition To Independence

 * - Björnska opposes the independence of Viridia. On 7 October 2016, Björnska released a statement regarding the issue of Viridian independence. Björnska does not formally recognise Viridia as a sovereign state due to their close ties with Zycantia. They recognise the island of Viridia as Zycantian territory and oppose Viridian nationalism.
 * - On October 8 2016, the prime minster of Clarence Robinson declared that Viridia is part of the country of Zycantia with a statement saying, "This supposed country shouldn't really be a country as we don't want this country to control our lives. That is why we are banning Shaniqua's XXX Fantasy Parlour business from entering this country." Shaniqua Diva responded by stating, "I don't need Fantasy Parlours in Flowek. They are one of the leading markets for online sales."
 * - Brillania are strongly opposed to Viridian independence due to their extremely strong relations with the LGBT community, which is not tolerated in Brilliania. Brilliania officially considers Viridia as part of Zycantian territory, even though Brilliania considers Zycantia as another LGBT hellhole. Zycantian President Trish Hegarty responded to the statement by removing the Zycantian Ambassador to Brillania.
 * - Arkaystia supports Zycantia and opposes the recognition of Viridia. With Olgogradov seeking independence from Arkaystia, Arkaystia's position comes as no surprise. Shaniqua Diva stated that "Arkaystia needs to grow some balls and think for itself" and has threatened to take over the towns of Simbol and Krelani on the Arkay-Zycant border in protest of the decision. The Arkaystian government decided close the borders with Zycantia and retire all the dildos in the country.
 * - Joeriakia's government decided to not recognise the state. It is likely the decision came because of a good relationship with Brillania rather than the LGBT rights cited by the country. Zycantian Vice President Chanel Oberlin responded to the statement by pointing out the she allowed lesbians and gay men into her Kappa Kappa Tau sorority, a comment which has been labelled as a publicity stunt since it has nothing to do with Joeriakia itself.
 * - Izola released a statement saying that they did not recognise the independence of Viridia because the Dalérín entry was ranked last by the Zycantian public in the Maia Song Contest 3. Shaniqua Diva replied to the statement by saying, "It's not my fault Izola sends horrible songs and Daléríqa sends even worse songs. They need to go fuck themselves with a Shaniqua Diva XXL Comfort Dildo, now available in Fist Me Fuchsia, Seafoam Seduction and Creampie Cerulean." Residents of both countries attacked Shaniqua Diva on social media, accusing her of racism. Shaniqua Diva responded by saying, "I have fucked men and women from every country in Maia. Get your fucking facts straight." Shaniqua Diva later allegedly sent miniature sample-sized dildos to the governments of both countries to make amends for her comments. Shaniqua Diva denies doing this, claiming, "If I'm better than you, I don't need to apologise to you. Fuck off."
 * - Urtistan's religion tolerates the public exposure of the human body, but does not tolerate extreme acts of sexual intercourse. Due to this, the current Urtistani Goverment opposes Viridian Independence and any and all further attacks from Viridia them self will be reflected by our very powerful squirt cannons. Despite this, Urtistan still maintain relations with the Zycantian Government.

Neutral Positions On Viridian Independence
However, in light of the new international song competition, Turbovision, the Kashyk Government has changed to a neutral stance due to Miss Diva's investment in the Turbovision Fest, however still wishes to maintain friendly relations with the Zycantian Government. Illen Tulvine - a friend of Miss Diva's - is believed to have slept with the President of Kashykia in exchange for the change in stance of the government towards Viridia. Since the change in stance Miss Diva has invested even more money in the contest.
 * - Zvorrhybnnia issued a statement saying that the country "has no opinion on the independence of Viridia because we're irrelevant lbh". It was confirmed that the matter would be discussed in parliament but the country suffers from chronic lazyitis and it is unclear when the discussions will take place.
 * - Zarta released a statement regarding its position on Viridian independence. Unfortunately, the statement was full of spelling and grammatical errors and completely illegible. Linguistics experts worldwide were unable to decipher the statement. Zarta has refused to comment on the allegedly illegible statements, choosing instead to retweet extremely pointless tweets from UberFacts.
 * - The Japan Adult Video Party (JAVP) of Otaku Republic is the only Party that are for Independence as Shaniqua has filmed a few videos in Viridia. The JAVP head Ai Kurosawa said "Viridia's independence will be a "blessing" for the JAVP". However the Anime Independent Party (AIP), Manga Democratic Party (MRP) and the AKB48 Idol Party (A48IP) are against the independence of Viridia.
 * - Lussantia firstly opposed the independence of Viridia. On 7 October 2016, the then-Lussantian president Valerija Pekreć released a statement regarding "Viridian independance and Mrs. Stevic's acts". In this statement, the Lussantish government does not formally recognise Viridia as a sovereign state and recognises it as integral Zycantian territory. It also says that the most eminent scientists of the country managed to build a giant dildo-shaped nuke, designed to fit into Shaniqua "Shaniqua Diva" Stevic's private parts, and are threatening it to use it in case of retaliation. Shaniqua Diva responded by tweeting, "Who the fuck calls me 'Mrs. Stevic?' and Lussantia is "str8" but builds dildos... lol!" On 26 December 2016, the newly-inaugurated president Ice Bear, willing to appease the tensions, announced that "Ice Bear wants peace. Ice Bear will so take a neutral stance on Viridia. Ice Bear sends his greetings".
 * - The Government of Kashykia originally decided not to recognise Viridia as an independent state as it believes the province is rightfully a territory of Zycantia. A large dildo-shaped private jet was seen flying to Kashykia days before the announcement and it was assumed Shaniqua Diva had offered free dildos to the government in exchange for the recognition of Viridia as a sovereign state. It was later revealed that the dildos were sent by Abi-Maria Gomes in exchange for the recognition of Viridia as Zycantian territory, to which Shaniqua Diva responded by tweeting, "I will vote your mother out of parliament with my Hidden Immunity Idol".